On 16 December 2011, at 14:27, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > On 12/16/2011 04:13 PM, Michael Mol wrote: >> With an (old) $50 card, you can get an old Core 2 desktop system to >> serve as an HTPC. > > Core 2 can be an HTPC even with a crap card. You can play 1080p on the 2 CPUs > just fine. > > A Core 2 desktop system is certainly not "old".
There are newer Core2s and older ones, though. The first ones were released summer 2006. Stroller.